“Have you accepted Wonder Woman into your heart?” the “Girl” (one of our fearless narrators) asks. The answer had better be Yes, because Lasso Of Truth is all about WW – how she was created, her place in American culture,…
Constellations at the Jungle Theater
There is plenty of stellar talent on display at Jungle Theater in their new production of Constellations (playing at the Jungle through May 29) by British playwright Nick Payne. Payne is just over 30 and has had praise worthy productions on…
Bullets Over Broadway The Musical at the Ordway
Woody Allen’s 1994 film Bullet’s Over Broadway, refashioned as Bullets Over Broadway the Musical opened on Tuesday for a one week run at St Paul’s Ordway Center. The film garnered a bucket-full of major award nominations for direction and screenplay.…
C. by Theater Latté Da performing at the Ritz Theater
Cyrano’s nose is great. Super-long, warty, bent, broken (one imagines) numerous times, the nose provides a convincing reason for Cyrano’s suicidal self-loathing (“How can anyone love a face like this?”). His ugly honker drives him into increasingly arcane and abtruse…
Watermelon Hill at the History Theater
Minnesota (and the rest of the country) has an uncomfortable history of mistreating unwed mothers. While unwed fathers have always been able to hide their status with relative ease, this proves near impossible for women. Bearing children is and always…
Nina Simone: Four Women at Park Square Theatre
Nina Simone is a musical icon whose complex personal history fueled her artistic creativity and revolutionary passion. It is no wonder that we are now seeing a rash of artistic works remembering her, from last year’s Oscar-nominated documentary What Happened,…
Beauty And The Beast at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
Beauty and the Beast is a story not quite as old as time. Unlike most fairy tales we know when it was written, who wrote it, and why: in 1740, by Mlle Barbot de Villeneuve as an adult entertainment for…
The How And The Why by Theatre Unbound and the Hennepin Theatre Trust
Some outstanding stuff in this play, for sure, but it has to be said: The How And The Why (a co-production of Theatre Unbound and Hennepin Theatre Trust, at the New Century Theatre through March 20) is not for everyone.…
Interview with Davey T. Steinman creator of “Basement Creatures”
Not everyone would be inspired by a basement – a real basement with creepy creatures, stacks of old newspapers, darkness … you know the kind I mean. But Davey Steinman was and, with his collaborators, created a show that springs…
DJ Latinidad’s Latino Dance Party at Mixed Blood Theatre
There are time-honored ways of celebrating the return of spring in Minnesota: the St Patrick’s Day parade; the Twins opener; and firing up the BBQ. This year add another to the list: DJ Latinidad’s Latino Dance Party at Mixed Blood…
Gypsy by Theatre Latté Da, performing in the Pantages
Gypsy, produced by Theater Latte Da and Hennepin Theatre Trust and running at the Pantages through March 13, is exactly the type of show critics relish writing about, or at least these critics. With a poignant book by Arthur Laurents,…
Gypsy produced by Theater Latte Da and the Hennepin Theater Trust
Theater Latte Da and the Hennepin Theater Trust have partnered up to bring their own Broadway-style version of Gypsy to downtown Minneapolis, and I’m going to make a prediction: This is the Twin Cities show of the year. Yes, go!…